Garment-marking tag.



M. A. PLATT.

GARMENT MARKING TAG.

APPLICATION FILED ]AN.2|,|914. 1,11,333. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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M. A PLATT.

GARMENT MARKING TAG.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2I. 1914.

1,11,333. I Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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MAURICE A. PLATT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB T0 AQKIMBAIJL COMPANY, OFYORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

GARMENT-MARKING TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 21,1914. Serial No. $13,354:.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVIAUIKICE A. PLArr, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-li/Iarking"Iags, of which the following is a specification, suchas will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to garment marking tags for use by merchants,manufacturers or dealers, and the object thereof is to provide animproved marking tag for this purpose which is particularly designed foruse in marking ladies garments, but may be used in marking any garments,and which, when once applied to a garment, cannot be detached withoutdestroying the tag, or with out leaving evidence of the fact that it hasbeen detached and re-applied.

It frequently happens that dealers allow customers to take garments homefor examination, and it also frequently happens that the said customerswear said garments one or more times and then return them, and in orderto do this, they have to detach the marking tag applied thereto, and oneof the objects of this invention is to provide means whereby this cannotbe done, without leaving evidence of the fact. I g

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of whichthe accom panying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts ofmy improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in eachof the views, and in which:

Figure l is a view showing one use of my improved garment markingtag;Fig. 2 a plan view of a blank of thick or strong paper, from whichthe tag is made ;Fig. I} a view showing the tag properly applied Fig. 4a view similar to Fig. 1', but on an enlarged scale ;Fig. 5 a section onthe line 55 of Fig. 4 ;Fig. 6 a view of part of the device, as shown inFigs. 4 and 5, and looking in the direction of the arrow 6 of 5 ;Fig. 7a section on the line 77 of Fig.

5, and on an enlarged scale ;Fig. 8 a view similar to Fig. 5 but showinga modification, and showing only a part of the con struction shown inFig. -5;-Fig. 9 a back view of a blank for forming a modified form oftag ;Fig. 10 an inside viewthereof and showing one step in the method ofconnecting the tag with a garment ;Fig. 11 a section on the line llll ofFig. 1.0, and ;Fig. 12 a view similar to Fig. 11, but showing the tagcompletely connected with a garment.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, reference being madeto Figs. 1 to 9, I have shown at a, in Fig. 1, a part of a ladys coat orother garment provided with lapels a to one of which my improved markingtag 7) is secured. Ihe marking tag 6 is formed from a blank 6 of strongpaper or other suitable material and oblong in form, and adapted to befolded transversely at b and 6* to form a central part 5 and two endparts Z) and 5 all of said parts being of the'same dimensions, orapproximately so.

In carrying my invention into effect, I place on the back of the part band centrally of the free edge thereof, a thin metal tab 0 having a hole0 formed therein, and around said hole on one side of said tab is aprojecting member or members 0 and the part 7) is also provided with anaperture Z9 through which the member or members 0 pass, and said part Ifis also provided with a trans verse slot I) through which the inner endof the metal tab strip 0 is passed, folded and clenched, as shown at 0in Fig. 5. The part b is provided, adjacent to the part Z), with atransverse oblong slot or opening 5 and adjacent to the part b, andcentrallythereof with an aperture Z), and the part Z) is providedadjacent to the part b with an aperture 6 which corresponds with theaperture 72 and said part b is also preferably provided adjacent to itsfree end or edge with two apertures 6 which are adapted to register withthe slot 6 when the blank 6 is folded to form the tag. I also provide apin staple (Z which is designed for use, as shown in Figs. 3, 5 and 7,and the blank 6 folded as described, and as shown in Fig. 5, togetherwith the sheet metal tab 0, having the hole 0 and projecting member ormembers 0 and the wire staple d constitute my complete marking tag.

In the use of this device, as shown in the drawing, one ofthe lapels aof the garment isinserted between the parts 5 and b of the tag, as shownin Fig. 5, and the side arms of the staple d are passed through theapertures 6 in the part Z2 of the tag, through the lapel a and throughthe slot 6 inthe part b of the tag, and clenched, as shown at d in Fig.7. The member or members 0 of the sheet metal tab 0 are then passedthrough the apertures I) and I) in the parts 6 and Z), said member ormembers having previously been passed through the aperture 6 in the partZ)", and said member or members are clenched, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.Any desired printed, written, or other matter may be placed on the tagZ), and when applied in the matter described, it will be evident thatsaid tag cannot be de tached from the garment and re-applied, withoutleaving evidence of the act.

The construction shown in Fig. 8 is the same as that shown in Figs. 1 to7 inclusive, except that for the sheet metal tab 0 I provide a longertab 0 which is placed on the part b of the tag, and one end portion ofwhich is folded around the other parts 6 and b and passed through thepart Z2 and clenched, as shown at 0,while the end portion which rests onthe part Z) of the tag is provided with a hole 0 and a projecting memberor members 0 which are passed through the parts I)", b and b andclenched, as shown ate in said Fig. 8.

It will be understood that my invention is not limited to the formationin the blank 6 or the separate parts thereof, of the apertures b o I)and 6 nor the slot b, as the staple cl may be passed through theseparate parts of the tag, as shown in Figs. 3, 5 and 7 without the slot6 and apertures Z9 and the member or members 0 of the tab 0 maybe passedthrough the separate parts of the tag shown in Fig. 2, and as indicatedin Figs. 3, 5 and 7, without the apertures 72 o and I).

In Figs. 9 to 12 inclusive, I have shown another. modified form ofmarking tag and modified method of connecting the same with a garment,and this tag is formed from a' blank 6 of stiff paper folded centrallyat e to'form two similar parts 6 and a The part 6 in the constructionshown, is provided on the outer side and at the free edge thereof with asheet metal tab f, similar to the tab 0, shown in Figs. 1 to 7,inclusive, and the inner end of which is passed through 'the part a ofthe tag at f and clenched on theouter side of the part 0 as shown at f,

the part c of the tag is also preferably provided under the tab f withthe aperture 6 and the part 6 is preferably-provided adjacent to itsfree edge with a corresponding aperture cf. I have also shown at g apart of a garment, and in connecting the tag,

shown in Figs. 9 and 12, with the garment,

apart of said garment is placed on the back cf of thetag,or said part ofthe tag is laid on said part of the garment, and a safety pin in ispassed through a part of the garment and through the part ef of the tag,after which the part e of the tag is folded over the part c and over thesafety pin, or that part thereof which is passed through the garment,and the part c" of the tag and as shown in Fig. 12, and the tab f isprovided with a punch hole and on one side thereof with a projectingmember or members f which are passed through the hole or aperture 0 andclenched, as shown in Fig. 12. I As hereinbefore stated, the tag orblank 6 from which the said tag is formed is composed of stiff paper,and when the pin it has been passed through the part g of a garment andthrough the part c of the tag and secured in the ordinary manner, and asshown in Fig. 10, and the part c of the tag folded over and secured tothe part 0*, as shown in Fig. 12, it will be impossible to detach thetag and re-apply it to the garment, without showing evidence of the act,and infact, this detachment of the tag cannot be accomplished withoutpractically destroying it. This form of my invention is not limited to asafety pin h, or the use thereof, and an ordinary staple pin, similar tothat shown in Figs. 3, 5 and 7 may be employed if desired, and if thetag, or the separate parts thereof are made small enough, it will beapparent, that after the tag has been secured to the garment, or a partthereof, as shown and described, even the form of fastening or lockingpin shown in Figs. 3, 5 and 7 cannot be removed and re-applied.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the sheet metal tab0, shown in Fig. 1, or 0 and 0 shown in Figs. 8 and 9, or the sheetmetal tab 7", shown in Figs. 10 to 13 inclusive, constitute the chieffeature of this invention, and said tab may be secured to the tag, or apart thereof, in its sheet form only, and may be punched and providedwith teeth, which are passed through the separate parts of the tag andclenched in the operation of applying or securing the tag to a garment,or the said tab may be secured to the tag, or a part thereof, andpunched and provided with teeth by the manufacturer of the tag, andother changes in and modifications of the construction herein describedmay be made, within the scope of the appended claim, without departingfrom the spirit of my invention, or sacrificing its advantages; andalthough I have shown and described my improved marking tag as intendedfor use in marking garments, it will be apparent that said tag may beused for various other purposes, and for marking other articles or partsthereof. It must also be understood that my invention is not limited tothe idea of securing the tab to the back of one part of the tag, whensaid tag is manufactured and placed on the market, and especially isthis true of the folded form of tab shown in Figs. 8 and 9, and tabs ofthis form may be made separately and independently supplied by themanufacturer, and may be applied to the tag in the operation of securingsaid tag to a garment, and in supplying tabs in this manner, One part,or end portion thereof, Will be punched to form an eyelet or apertureand a projecting member or teeth on one side thereof, which member orteeth in the operation of securing the tag may be passed through theseparate parts of the tag, and through the other part of the tab andclenched, as Will be readily understood.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is A garment tag composed of an oblong sheet offlexible material adapted to be folded to form a plurality of similarparts, one of said parts being adapted to be secured to a garment andbeing provided at one of its ends with an aperture, and a sheet metaltab provided with a tongue Which passes through the free end of anotherpart for permanent engagement therewith, said tab being also providedwith a cylindrical member Which also passes through said last named partand is adapted to be passed through said aperture and clenched When thetag is applied to a garment to secure the free ends of the said'partstogether. v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 19th day of January1914.

MAURICE A. PLATT.

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